The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Greet \Greet\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[=ae]tan, gr[=e]tan; akin to Icel. gr[=a]ta, Sw. gr[*a]ta, Dan. gr[ae]de, Goth. gr[=e]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[=a]d to sound, roar. [root]50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Greit \Greit\, v. i. See Greet, to weep. [1913 Webster]